Artificial bait.



F. O. HOWE.

' ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 20, 1906.

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FRANCIS o. HOWE, or NORTH MANCHESTER,'INDIANA.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Application filed October 20, 1908. Serial No. 458,623.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, FRANCIS O. Hows, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at North Manchester, in the county of \Vabash andState of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inArtificial Bait, of which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to artificial bait, and one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide a casting bait which when drawnthrough the water will accurately simulate the movements of a liveminnow.

Another object of the invention is to provide an artificial bait whichwhen cast and drawn through the water will skip or alternately rise andfall to the surface to simulate the action of a minnow and when drawnthrough the water will form a wake similar to that made by a fish.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an artificial baitmade of light material to which a series of hooks are attached byswivels so that after the fish has been impaled upon one of the hooks hecannot escape nor in anymanner disgorge the hook, owing to the fact thatthe hook will yield in all directions. I

These and other objects maybe attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an artificial bait made in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the bait with thehooks removed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the tubular swivelsocket. Fig. at is a similar view of the swivel. Referring to thedrawing, the numeral 1 designates the body portion of the bait providedwith asubst-antially plain upper surface or top 2 and a. longitudinallyand transversely curved under surface which is curved upwardly towardthe front, as at 4, and at the front two oppositely disposed divergentgrooves 5 are provided, said grooves being divided by a wall orpartition 6 disposed centrally of the body portion of the bait. As shownin Fig. 2 the front portion of the body 1 1s comparatively wide, Whilethe rear portion 7 is quite narrow. A ring 8 is seupon the hooks.

cured in the front end of the body 1 for the attachment of the line, andat opposite sides of the bait body 1 hook swivels 9 are provided, whilein the rear 2. ring 10 is connected to the body 1. r

The swivels 9 each consist of a tubular threaded member 11 provided withan enlarged head 12, said tubular member being seated in a socket formedin the body 1 of the bait and provided with a contracted inner tubularportion 13. The head 1 is provided with oppositely disposed notches 14:to accommodate a spanner for turning the member 11 into the bait body.The'hook swivels 9 and 10 are each provided with a shank 15 having aflattened terminal end 16. The end 16 is'spread after it is connectedwith the tubular portion 13 of the member 11, and by this means isprevented from withdrawal from said member, while at the same time it ispermitted to turn freely within the tubular portion 13. I

In use my artificial-bait is cast upon the water, and by short quickmovements of the rod the bait is drawn through the water, and owing t6the oppositely disposed grooves 5 a wake is formed in the water whichsimulates that of a live fish. By proper manipulation of the rodthe'bait may be made to skip over the surface of the water owing to thecurved surfaces 3 and 4; at'the bottom of the bait body. It is to beunderstood that the bait body 1 is made of a comparatively lightmaterial whichcan be made to either partially sink under the surface orto skip over the top of the water, as desired.

Fromthe foregoing it will be obvious that my artificial bait may bereadily manipulated to simulate the appearance of a live fish and can bemanipulated in various ways to lure a game fish. Moreover, after thefish has been impaled upon one of the hooks a it cannot readily detachitself owing to the fact that the hooks are swiveled, and each movementof the fish will carry the hook with it and not permit a twisting strainI claim 1. An artificial bait comprising a body having-a curved undersurface, an upwardly to said swivels.

clirved front end, a rearwardly inclined diverging groove at each sideof the center of the iron? portion of said body, swivels connected tsaid body, and fishhooks attached 2. An artificial bait comprising abody havin a. curved under surface, an u wardl curve front end, a.rearwardly inc ed d1- verging groove at each side of the center of thefront portion of said body, and fish hooks 10 connected to said body.

In testimony whereof I aflik my signature in presence of two witnesses.L

I FRANCIS O. HOWE.

Witnesses IvA SNIDEMAN, C IIARLES 01.1mm.

